Because of my interesting holiday work schedule, I've been arriving home much later than usual. As a result, most of the community I play with online (this blog, mainly) has already turned in for the evening, forcing me to play with the actual xbox live community. And I have to say, although the occasional wooting d-bag is still ever-present online, I've been relatively impressed by the maturity I've run into the past few nights. Keep in mind that 'maturity' on xbox live has about as much weight as the word 'friend' does on Facebook, but it's definitely been an improvement. I think the chore of muting everyone on your team sans your personal buddies has really taken the life out of the game, particularly the team game types. It was a mutually understood point amongst the last group I played with that you don't run your mouth unless someone else is running their mouth at you. Maybe it's some weird bizarro-world golden rule.
I also bought Okami on the PS2, and can't wait to give it a go. If only MW2 wasn't so engaging to me.
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Good points and honestly when I play a game with others it's not really that bad. There's quite a few cool guys on there. Perfect example being some really nice guy in Fable 2 just giving me all of the dolls I needed for my last achievement and trusting that I would give them back (which I did). He heard me asking about them in Bowerstone and just goes "Follow me to the bridge and I'll give you everything you need." Nice guy.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your impression of Okami...
We've got to get you and Brjahu somewhat weined off of MW2. Salad and I have been talking and we both agree that you guys need a break. L4D2 has yet to be played by all 4 of us at once....
It's an addictive quality within myself. Even when I first started playing videogames it was hard to diversify my tastes. I'd find a theme, game, title, whatever and stick to it. Right now I'm trying to find the motivation to work through these single player stuff (before your rant you posted).
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean and I mean no disrespect. Just in a mood today is all.
ReplyDeleteI think co-op games or more social/less competitive games lend themselves to create better relationships among players.
ReplyDeleteWith shooters, you have two sides pitted against each other and for example, when a whole group of my clan guys destroy the other team, people get pissed and you find out that the other clan you just played is full of 12 year olds.
But with other games with less competition, like Fable 2 or whatever, people may be more sociable...